Is it bad style to override the built-in function `type`?

[Cameron Simpson]

On 24Nov2012 14:32, Michael Herrmann <michael.herrmann at getautoma.com> wrote:
| how about "write" instead of "type"? Just came to me in a flash of inspiration. I know it's also pretty general but at least it's not a built-in!

+1
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